![Guy Edwards: 'The car was alight and Lauda was trapped... he did thank me for rescuing him, but it was very frightening for him and he couldn't really talk about it' - Guy Edwards: 'The car was alight and Lauda was trapped... he did thank me for rescuing him, but it was very frightening for him and he couldn't really talk about it' -](https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/b4f68/38132825.ece/AUTOCROP/w300/niki_lauda-dead_001.jpg)
Guy Edwards: 'The car was alight and Lauda was trapped... he did thank me for rescuing him, but it was very frightening for him and he couldn't really talk about it' -
![Niki Lauda's great rivalry with James Hunt - and the crash which nearly killed him - Irish Mirror Online Niki Lauda's great rivalry with James Hunt - and the crash which nearly killed him - Irish Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article16175434.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/2_Grand-Prix-of-Belgium-1977.jpg)
Niki Lauda's great rivalry with James Hunt - and the crash which nearly killed him - Irish Mirror Online
![Sean Edwards, racing driver son of the man who rescued Niki Lauda in 1976, killed in crash in Australia - Independent.ie Sean Edwards, racing driver son of the man who rescued Niki Lauda in 1976, killed in crash in Australia - Independent.ie](https://www.independent.ie/incoming/85fd3/29661690.ece/AUTOCROP/w300/sean_2702601b.jpg)
Sean Edwards, racing driver son of the man who rescued Niki Lauda in 1976, killed in crash in Australia - Independent.ie
![Matt Bishop on Twitter: "#HappyBirthday Brett Lunger, 75, 1 of 4 #F1 drivers who pulled Niki Lauda out of his burning Ferrari at Nürburgring in '76. Pic: seconds before, Lauda leads 3 Matt Bishop on Twitter: "#HappyBirthday Brett Lunger, 75, 1 of 4 #F1 drivers who pulled Niki Lauda out of his burning Ferrari at Nürburgring in '76. Pic: seconds before, Lauda leads 3](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmxpwXoW8AMk1GV.jpg)
Matt Bishop on Twitter: "#HappyBirthday Brett Lunger, 75, 1 of 4 #F1 drivers who pulled Niki Lauda out of his burning Ferrari at Nürburgring in '76. Pic: seconds before, Lauda leads 3
![F1 legend Guy Edwards who saved Niki Lauda from burning car at the Nurburgring is not dead, despite reports F1 legend Guy Edwards who saved Niki Lauda from burning car at the Nurburgring is not dead, despite reports](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NINTCHDBPICT000442111062-e1539691647354.jpg)
F1 legend Guy Edwards who saved Niki Lauda from burning car at the Nurburgring is not dead, despite reports
![F1 legend Guy Edwards who saved Niki Lauda from burning car at the Nurburgring is not dead, despite reports F1 legend Guy Edwards who saved Niki Lauda from burning car at the Nurburgring is not dead, despite reports](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SPORT-PREVIEW-Guy-Edwards1.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=750&h=500&crop=1)
F1 legend Guy Edwards who saved Niki Lauda from burning car at the Nurburgring is not dead, despite reports
![SnapLap on Twitter: "The season 1976 was marked by Niki Lauda's infamous crash at Nurburgring - #HaraldErtl stopped after that and helped pull # NikiLauda from his burning Ferrari, together with Guy Edwards, SnapLap on Twitter: "The season 1976 was marked by Niki Lauda's infamous crash at Nurburgring - #HaraldErtl stopped after that and helped pull # NikiLauda from his burning Ferrari, together with Guy Edwards,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3kaIazXoAAKyb5.jpg)
SnapLap on Twitter: "The season 1976 was marked by Niki Lauda's infamous crash at Nurburgring - #HaraldErtl stopped after that and helped pull # NikiLauda from his burning Ferrari, together with Guy Edwards,
![Pitpass.com on Twitter: "Back row: Ken Tyrrell, John Watson, Guy Edwards, Mike Hailwood, James Hunt, Graham Hill, Patrick Depailler, Peter Gethin, David Purley and Clay Regazzoni. Front row: Jody Scheckter, Derek Bell, Pitpass.com on Twitter: "Back row: Ken Tyrrell, John Watson, Guy Edwards, Mike Hailwood, James Hunt, Graham Hill, Patrick Depailler, Peter Gethin, David Purley and Clay Regazzoni. Front row: Jody Scheckter, Derek Bell,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4AEtJJXkAUp_If.png)